In Graham class on Monday, October 17th, 2016, my class was given a sissone combination. For those reading this blog entry who don't know what a sissone is, it is a jump done in ballet from two legs and landing on one leg. In the air, the legs open in this jump. In ballet, the jump is always done "turned-out," with the legs rotated to the sides. Because we were in a modern class, we did our sissones "parallel," with our legs facing front.
Our teacher gave us a specific rhythm and quantity of jumps for this combination. Each jump was a count long, each jump alternating sides. This combination has a definite change in meter (from 4 counts, to 3 counts).
These were the counts: 1. sissone right 2. sissone left 3. sissone right 4. hold 1. sissone left 2. sissone right 3. sissone left. 4. hold. (shift in meter) 1. sissone right 2. sissone left 3. hold 1. sissone right 2. sissone left 3. hold 1. sissone right 2. sissone left 3. hold 1. sissone right 2. sissone left 3. hold.
This change in meter created a different dynamic that made the combination unexpected and exciting. I think this dynamic change made the combination exciting to dance as well, so I was quick to pick up the rhythm of the movement.
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